05/31/2026
The Possession | Acts 4:32-5:11
This Sunday’s passage starts out great. The Church had become a spiritual utopia experiencing a level of community not known to fallen humanity. No one within the Church had any unmet material needs and those with the means gave cheerfully and sacrificially to keep it that way. But then…
A husband and wife did something that directly undermined the unity and unselfishness that had come to characterize the Church. Peter says that in their effort to deceive people they have really lied to God. First the husband drops dead in church and then the wife drops dead just a few hours later.
Why did this happen? What is this story supposed to teach us? We will look at three lessons we should take away from these events. “All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16, CSB) Let’s equip ourselves to live out our calling as the people of God by paying attention to what God has to say through this account.